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Definition of city : 1. A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see.
2. A large town.
3. The collective body of citizens, or inhabitants of a city.

Synonyms:

dormitory town, charter, asphalt jungle, citified, county seat, metropolitan, venue, setting, megalopolis, boom town, the big smoke, whereabouts, city-state, conurbation, civic, citywide, capital, locale, urban, municipal, site, cosmopolis, civil, megacity, base, urban center, civilization, county town, cityscape, scene, location, built-up, center, city planning

duchy, sector, area, place, plot, commonweal, Shire, precinct, earldom, division, borough, zone, nation, lot, county, bailiwick, empire, dukedom, domain, beat, parcel, canton, circuit, neighborhood, territory, kingdom, colony, province, country, town, region, riding, tract, quarter, municipality, district, field, realm, state, locality

metropolis, hamlet, suburb, township, village, burg

provincial, local, regional, territorial, divisional, national, commonwealth, colonial

Usage examples:

• Going to the city! - "Richard Dare's Venture", Edward Stratemeyer.
• " Well," he said at last, " we have to go to the city in the morning." - "The Metal Monster", A. Merritt.
• Night fell before they came in sight of the city. - "The Eagle's Heart", Hamlin Garland.